2008 European Fencing Championships
The 2008 European Fencing Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine. The event took place from July 5 to July 10, 2008.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil | Andrea Cassarà (ITA) | Laurence Halsted (GBR) | Andriy Pohrebnyak (UKR) Roland Schlosser (AUT) |
| Épée | Géza Imre (HUN) | Martin Schmitt (GER) | Michael Kauter (SUI) Jean-Michel Lucenay (FRA) |
| Sabre | Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR) | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) | Mihai Covaliu (ROU) Nicolas Limbach (GER) |
| Team Foil | Poland | Russia | France |
| Team Épée | France | Hungary | Italy |
| Team Sabre | Russia | France | Belarus |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil | Adeline Wuillème (FRA) | Margherita Granbassi (ITA) | Carolin Golubytskyi (GER) Małgorzata Wojtkowiak (POL) |
| Épée | Adrienn Hormay (HUN) | Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) | Bianca Del Carretto (ITA) Anna Sivkova (RUS) |
| Team sabre | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Ilaria Bianco (ITA) | Réka Benkó (HUN) Yekaterina Fedorkina (RUS) |
| Team foil | Russia | Hungary | France |
| Team épée | Romania | Germany | Italy |
| Team sabre | Poland | Ukraine | France |
Medal table
* Host nation (Ukraine)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
Results
Men
Épée individual
7 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Géza Imre | Hungary | |
| Martin Schmitt | Germany | |
| Michael Kauter | Switzerland | |
| Jean-Michel Lucenay | France | |
| 5. | Norman Ackermann | Germany |
| 6. | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary |
| 7. | Nikolai Novosjolov | Estonia |
| 8. | Ignacio Canto | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Norman Ackermann | 10 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre | 15 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre | 15 | |||||||||
| Jean-Michel Lucenay | 13 | |||||||||
| Jean-Michel Lucenay | 15 | |||||||||
| Ignacio Canto | 11 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre | 15 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt | 11 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt | 15 | |||||||||
| Gábor Boczkó | 11 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt | 15 | |||||||||
| Michael Kauter | 14 | |||||||||
| Michael Kauter | 15 | |||||||||
| Nikolai Novosjolov | 10 | |||||||||
Épée team
10 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| France | Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri | |
| Hungary | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár | |
| Italy | Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol | |
| 4. | Poland | Robert Andrzejuk Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak |
| 5. | Ukraine | Dmytro Chumak Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Medvedev |
| 6. | Czech Republic | Jakub Ambrož Matyas Ambroz Jiří Beran Zdeněk Coufal |
| 7. | Germany | Norman Ackermann Jörg Fiedler Sven Schmid Martin Schmitt |
| 8. | Norway | Fredrik Backer Michael Zoltan Kramarics Bartosz Piasecki Sturla Torkildsen |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Hungary | 26 | |||||||||
| Norway | 21 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Poland | 40 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 36 | |||||||||
| Poland | 43 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 33 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 37 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 36 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 32 | Third place | ||||||||
| Germany | 28 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Poland | 37 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
Foil individual
6 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Cassarà | Italy | |
| Laurence Halsted | United Kingdom | |
| Andriy Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | |
| Roland Schlosser | Austria | |
| 5. | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| 6. | Michał Majewski | Poland |
| 7. | Erwann Le Péchoux | France |
| 8. | Bogdan Gurinenko | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Andrea Baldini | 9 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted | 15 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted | 15 | |||||||||
| Andriy Pohrebnyak | 9 | |||||||||
| Andriy Pohrebnyak | 15 | |||||||||
| Michał Majewski | 12 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted | 9 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà | 15 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà | 15 | |||||||||
| Erwann Le Péchoux | 11 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà | 15 | |||||||||
| Roland Schlosser | 13 | |||||||||
| Roland Schlosser | 15 | |||||||||
| Bogdan Gurinenko | 12 | |||||||||
Foil team
9 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | Tomasz Ciepły Radosław Glonek Michał Majewski Sławomir Mocek | |
| Russia | Aleksey Cheremisinov Igor Gridnev Aleksey Khovanskiy Artem Sedov | |
| France | Jérôme Jault Térence Joubert Gregory Koenig Marcel Marcilloux | |
| 4. | United Kingdom | James Beevers Laurence Halsted James Kenber David Riseley |
| 5. | Spain | Luis Caplliure Gabriel Menéndez Javier Menéndez Ignacio Rodriguez |
| 6. | Hungary | Anton Berjozkin Péter Biró Lorenzo Mazza Bence Széki |
| 7. | Israel | Oren Bassal Maor Hatoel Tomer Or |
| DSQ | Italy | Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 21 | |||||||||
| Italy | 42 | |||||||||
| France | 41 | |||||||||
| Spain | 28 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Poland | 30 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 26 | |||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Israel | 34 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 32 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
Sabre individual
5 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | Belarus | |
| Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia | |
| Mihai Covaliu | Romania | |
| Nicolas Limbach | Germany | |
| 5. | Volodymyr Lukashenko | Ukraine |
| 6. | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia |
| 7. | Luigi Tarantino | Italy |
| 8. | Tamás Decsi | Hungary |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Luigi Tarantino | 12 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Limbach | 8 | |||||||||
| Stanislav Pozdnyakov | 13 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Limbach | 15 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 11 | |||||||||
| Volodymyr Lukashenko | 14 | |||||||||
| Mihai Covaliu | 15 | |||||||||
| Mihai Covaliu | 13 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | |||||||||
| Tamás Decsi | 12 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | |||||||||
Sabre team
8 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Aleksey Frosin Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko | |
| France | Vincent Anstett Boladé Apithy Julien Pillet Boris Sanson | |
| Belarus | Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aleksei Romanovitch | |
| 4. | Romania | Mihai Covaliu Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Alexandru Sirițeanu |
| 5. | Italy | Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
| 6. | Ukraine | Dmytro Boyko Volodymyr Lukashenko Oleh Shturbabin Vladyslav Tretiak |
| 7. | Hungary | Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi |
| 8. | Germany | Benedikt Beisheim Max Hartung Björn Hübner Johannes Klebes |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 43 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Belarus | 42 | |||||||||
| Belarus | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 40 | |||||||||
| France | 29 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 38 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| Romania | 44 | Third place | ||||||||
| Romania | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 35 | |||||||||
| Belarus | 45 | |||||||||
| Romania | 42 | |||||||||
Women
Epée individual
6 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Adrienn Hormay | Hungary | |
| Ana Maria Brânză | Romania | |
| Bianca Del Carretto | Italy | |
| Anna Sivkova | Russia | |
| 5. | Marijana Markovic | Germany |
| 6. | Francesca Quondamcarlo | Italy |
| 7. | Noam Mills | Israel |
| 8. | Hajnalka Kiraly Picot | France |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Anna Sivkova | 12 | |||||||||
| Noam Mills | 5 | |||||||||
| Anna Sivkova | 11 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză | 15 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză | 15 | |||||||||
| Francesca Quondamcarlo | 12 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză | 10 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay | 15 | |||||||||
| Bianca Del Carretto | 15 | |||||||||
| Marijana Markovic | 11 | |||||||||
| Bianca Del Carretto | 6 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay | 12 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay | 8 | |||||||||
| Hajnalka Kiraly Picot | 6 | |||||||||
Epée team
9 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Iuliana Măceșeanu | |
| Germany | Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic Monika Sozanska | |
| Italy | Francesca Boscarelli Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Francesca Quondamcarlo | |
| 4. | Hungary | Edina Antal Katalin Izsó Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Tóth |
| 5. | Poland | Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Magdalena Grabowska Magdalena Piekarska Małgorzata Stroka |
| 6. | Russia | Tatiana Logunova Elena Shasharina Lyubov Shutova Anna Sivkova |
| 7. | France | Audrey Belviso Jeanne Colignon Sarah Daninthe Maureen Nisima |
| 8. | Ukraine | Olena Kryvytska Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina Eva Vybornova |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 26 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 30 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 33 | |||||||||
| Romania | 43 | |||||||||
| Romania | 39 | |||||||||
| Poland | 36 | |||||||||
| Romania | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 34 | |||||||||
| Germany | 32 | |||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| Germany | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 34 | Third place | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 42 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 27 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
Foil individual
5 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Adeline Wuillème | France | |
| Margherita Granbassi | Italy | |
| Carolin Golubytskyi | Germany | |
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | Poland | |
| 5. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia |
| 6. | Cristina Stahl | Romania |
| 7. | Delila Hatuel | Israel |
| 8. | Sylwia Gruchała | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi | 12 | |||||||||
| Sylwia Gruchała | 11 | |||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi | 15 | |||||||||
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 7 | |||||||||
| Aida Shanayeva | 14 | |||||||||
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 15 | |||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi | 9 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème | 14 | |||||||||
| Cristina Stahl | 12 | |||||||||
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | 15 | |||||||||
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | 7 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème | 15 | |||||||||
| Delila Hatuel | 2 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème | 9 | |||||||||
Foil team
8 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Olga Lobyntseva Viktoria Nikichina | |
| Hungary | Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virginie Ujlaki Gabriella Varga | |
| France | Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas Adeline Wuillème | |
| 4. | Poland | Sylwia Gruchała Magda Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
| 5. | Italy | Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
| 6. | Germany | Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Waechter Melanie Wolgast |
| 7. | Romania | Roxana Scarlat-Bârlădeanu Cristina Ghiță Cristina Stahl Daniela Tănase |
| 8. | Ukraine | Ekateryna Karmanova Olga Leleyko Tetyana Savchenko Nadiya Voychenko |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Russia | 40 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 28 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 16 | |||||||||
| France | 34 | |||||||||
| Italy | 33 | |||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 30 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 21 | |||||||||
| Germany | 20 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 42 | |||||||||
| Poland | 34 | Third place | ||||||||
| Romania | 19 | |||||||||
| Poland | 24 | |||||||||
| France | 33 | |||||||||
| Poland | 25 | |||||||||
Sabre individual
7 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Sofiya Velikaya | Russia | |
| Ilaria Bianco | Italy | |
| Réka Benkó | Hungary | |
| Yekaterina Fedorkina | Russia | |
| 5. | Gioia Marzocca | Italy |
| 6. | Olena Khomrova | Ukraine |
| 7. | Anne-Lise Touya | France |
| 8. | Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Anne-Lise Touya | 14 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco | 15 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco | 15 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Fedorkina | 13 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Fedorkina | 15 | |||||||||
| Halyna Pundyk | 9 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco | 10 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya | 15 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya | 15 | |||||||||
| Olena Khomrova | 14 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya | 15 | |||||||||
| Réka Benkó | 5 | |||||||||
| Réka Benkó | 15 | |||||||||
| Gioia Marzocca | 9 | |||||||||
Sabre team
10 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | Bogna Jóźwiak Matylda Ostojska Aleksandra Socha Irena Wieckowska | |
| Ukraine | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Nina Kozlova Halyna Pundyk | |
| France | Cécilia Berder Solenne Mary Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne | |
| 4. | Hungary | Réka Benkó Réka Pető Gabriella Sznopek Kata Várhelyi |
| 5. | Russia | Yekaterina Dyachenko Ekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya |
| 6. | Italy | Ilaria Bianco Loreta Gulotta Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi |
| 7. | United Kingdom | Louise Bond-Williams Katie Hendra Joanna Hutchison Chrystall Nicoll |
| 8. | Germany | Doreen Häntzsch Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Margrita Tschomakov |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 22 | |||||||||
| France | 43 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 38 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 44 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 29 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 34 | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 44 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 35 | |||||||||